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The 9 at 9 Catch up wherever you are on this Saturday morning.

EVERY MORNING,TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you kick off your day.

1. #MINIMUM WAGE: SIPTU says it will campaign for a minimum wage of €11.45 in the coming months.

2. #TO THE STREETS: Anti water-charge protesters will take to the streets today. But will controversy over abuse of the President dampen turn out?

3. #ARRESTED: Gardaí investigating a number of robberies in the North Dublin area over the past two weeks have arrested two women.

4. #NERVOUS: Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes says a number of his party’s TDs were “nervous” before Christmas. He said the party is “trying to save as many seats as we can”.

5. #CRITICAL: A man is in a critical condition after being shot at a fast food restaurant in Belfast.

6. #KEEP YOUR MONEY: Greece has said that it doesn’t want to talk to the Troika, and will turn down €7.2 billion in loans to prove it.

7. #IN FEAR: The people of Waterford have called a spate of crimes in the city as “an attack on the fabric of a community”.

8. #BREAKOUT: The Lord Mayor of Dublin has described his role in helping senior IRA figures escape prison in a helicopter.

9. #BRRRR: A yellow wind warning is in effect today in a number of counties. It will make it very, very cold. So wrap up.

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